Is the Phaethon asteroid going to make an impact with Earth on December 17th?
Yes it absolutely will, but not this year! Sometime, maybe on December 17th, or thereabouts in some undetermined year in the future it will definitely hit Earth and…
If I own a piece of land and I lease it out and the person that leases the land builds a house on my land, what happens to their house if I take back my land?
I inherited land that had been leased out, as my attorney recommended I went to go see the land and talk with the lessee. I found three manufactured…
Why is Jesus not mentioned in any book of history but only in religious literature, such as the Bible?
You mean contemporary historical accounts of Jesus while he was alive. Basically, you want to know why didn’t people write about him and his ministry at the time….
As a cop, what’s the best excuse given from someone speeding that turned out to be true?
I once was led on a five-mile car chase through busy city streets at 20 MPH over normal speeds with the driver refusing to stop. The path they…
Why is it illegal to climb pyramids?
It’s because climbing them can kill you. Actually, climbing UP isn’t the problem, climbing DOWN is. A sweet friend of mine died falling down The Great Pyramid of Giza (also Khufu or Cheops)…
Does the US President’s car have gadgets worthy of a James Bond movie?
Nicknamed “The Beast,” the American president’s limousine is full of surprises. Besides its power and the fact that it is fully armored, it has the following options: -The…
What’s the smartest thing ants have been observed doing?
When I was still at university I set up an anthill between two sheets of glass, so that I could observe the behavior of ants in their daily…
Were the Japanese soldiers as cruel in World War II as depicted in American movies?
The Japanese soldiers were so cruel during WWII that it beggers belief. There is a tendency in fiction of authors trying to be impartial when depicting historic conflicts….
Do cats really think we are cats too?
Paul Leyhausen, a scientist who studied the behavior of cats (wild, domestic, big and small) concluded that they have three ways of classifying other animals: as prey, as…
If Jupiter were the same distance away as the Moon, what would we see from Earth?
The moon is 384,400 km or 238,900 miles from Earth and has a diameter of 3,474 km or 2159 miles. We observe the moon as just over 1/2…